Q. Let's talk about "Sleigh Ride" in particular. When was "Sleigh Ride" composed and was it composed with the idea of Christmas in mind? A. "Sleigh Ride" was one of the first things I wrote when I ...

Leroy Anderson, America's preeminent composer of light concert music, wrote such lively and evocative Pops orchestral favorites as "Sleigh Ride," "The Syncopated Clock" and "Blue Tango".